OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: With early and absentee voting for the 2024 presidential election set to begin in a matter of weeks, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is fighting to protect election integrity with a pair of recent filings. On Aug. 13, Drummond joined with fellow attorneys general to challenge the Biden-Harris administration's unlawful voter registration scheme. Then on Aug. 15, Drummond and his colleagues filed a brief asking th more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. Seokjhin Kim, associate professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University, has received a National Science Foundation award totaling $299,000 to fund his research on designing pore-engineered membranes using a novel approach that allows dynamic changes to the membrane structure during gas separation testing. "Membranes are a cost-effective and efficient technology for chemical separations that benefit the various industries th more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 20 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Editor's note: The Spears School of Business is releasing a series of feature stories to celebrate the 2024 Spears Business Hall of Fame inductees and Outstanding Young Alumni. Previous profiles highlighted Vickie Carr and Eddy Ditzler. Check back each week for a new profile leading up to the Oct. 4 ceremony. As a teenager envisioning his future, Dr. Ken Eastman pictured a modest family farm where hogs roamed and corn sprouted near a tiny Iowa town. Eastman more PR

WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Southwestern Oklahoma State University issued the following news release: The American Association of Indian Pharmacy Professors (AAIPP) has officially been established in 2024, with Dr. Hardeep Saluja, Department Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) College of Pharmacy, serving as one of the founding members and President of the organization. Over the past two decades, the number of pharmacy colleges offering the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) pr more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences issued the following news: A lot of people become physicians because they want to help people. And many health care professionals go into the field because they or someone in their family have had a personal experience with a doctor or nurse. Those are the very reasons Dr. Robin Dyer wanted to be a physician, but few have made the immeasurable impact she has on the OSU Center for Health Sciences, its students, her colleagues and the field of osteopathic me more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a formal opinion today confirming that Oklahoma legislators are fully authorized to attend executive sessions of every state agency, board and commission. State Rep. Mike Osburn requested the opinion after he was denied the opportunity to attend a recent State Board of Education (SBE) executive session. Several other legislators also have had their requests to attend recen more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The Parent-Child Assistance Program, led by researchers at the University of Oklahoma, has recently expanded its services to the Enid area of north-central Oklahoma and is now accepting referrals. Known as PCAP, this program is an intensive home-visiting case management program for pregnant and parenting women with at-risk substance use during their pregnancy. The one-year PCAP program plans to help 40 mothers in the Enid area obtain treatment  more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma State University's nursing program celebrated the start of a new academic year on Friday, Aug. 16, with its second White Coat Ceremony, which recognized 85 students beginning the professional nursing program, the largest cohort yet for the growing department. "This official White Coat Ceremony is used to symbolize the start of your education into the science and art of medicine," said Dr. Tonya Hammer, head of the School of Community Health Sciences more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. Shawn Wilder, an associate professor in Oklahoma State University's Department of Integrative Biology, was awarded $541,373 from the National Science Foundation for his project "Testing How Nutrients Affect Offspring Traits Using Cannibalism as a Model System." Wilder and his Ph.D. student, Colton Herzog, will use the NSF funds to advance knowledge of spider species that engage in sexual cannibalism, which is when the female eats the male before, during more PR